Quebec Premier Urges Trudeau to Dissuade Illegal Immigrants, Blames Him for Influx of Asylum Seekers
Quebec Premier François Legault is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tweet out a message to dissuade asylum seekers from coming to Canada, blaming the massive number of illegal border crossings on a 2017 tweet from the prime minister.
Legault said on Feb. 15 that many people have come to Canada to claim asylum using the unofficial crossing at Roxham Road, which connects Quebec and New York State. The previous day, Quebec Immigration Minister Christine Fréchette confirmed that the province has redirected most of the nearly 400 asylum seekers who passed through Roxham Road last weekend to Ontario and other jurisdictions.
The premier blamed the growth in illegal border-crossing on a 2017 Twitter post by the prime minister which said, “To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you.”…